Alcoholism: Stages Or Phases

Alcoholism: Stages Or Phases

Alcohol dependence can literally begin before the alcohol consumption gets started if an individual has perceptions and attitudes consistent with those that addicts traditionally display.

Alcoholism Stage 2: Initial Usage

Stage two can include the experimental use of alcohol, occasional use, or irregular binge drinking (i.e., one or two times a year). Original use of alcohol may not be a problem for the user or those persons who are close to the user. Occasional alcohol consumption may well create troubles while the user is intoxicated or the following day, she or he hasn't reached the stage of addiction.

Significant risk describes an abundance of alcohol consumption, and poor choices made when intoxicated. At this stage, the pattern and frequency of alcohol abuse is high enough to be damaging for the drinker and people around him or her.

During the middle stage of alcohol addiction, harmful consequences begin to intensify. The user loses his or her job due to a lot of skipped days at work. Alcohol-induced fights end relationships. The consequences of the adverse consequences of alcoholism become irreversible.

Alcoholism Stage 7: Crisis Stage of Dependency

At this crisis point, everybody is aware of the effects of alcohol addiction, including the alcoholic. Serious health concerns become issues. The alcoholic is seldom without a drink, but the user believes he or she is fooling everyone. This stage typically results in alcohol-related deaths for the users if they do not enter into alcohol rehabilitation.